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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Bioplasm  \Bi"o*plasm\  (b[imac]"[-o]*pl[a^]z'm),  n.  [Gr.  bi`os 
  life  +  pla`sma  form  mold,  fr  pla`ssein  to  mold.]  (Biol.) 
  A  name  suggested  by  Dr  Beale  for  the  germinal  matter 
  supposed  to  be  essential  to  the  functions  of  all  living 
  beings;  the  material  through  which  every  form  of  life 
  manifests  itself  unaltered  protoplasm. 

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